UFO photographs: Old interview revives claims that NASA edited images before public release
Donna Hare alleged that unusual objects appearing in space photographs were removed before the images were released to the public. Long-standing claims that NASA edited photographs containing unidentified flying objects have returned to the spotlight after being highlighted in a recent Daily Mail report.
The allegations are based on statements made by Donna Hare, a former employee of Philco Ford Aerospace, a company that worked on aerospace projects for NASA during the Apollo era.Hare, who died in 2021, said she worked for Philco Ford Aerospace between 1967 and 1981.
During interviews given later in life, she claimed that some NASA photographs showing unexplained objects were altered before being released to the public. Her statements have circulated for years within UFO research circles but have never been independently verified.
According to Hare, she spent part of 1970 and 1971 working in a restricted photographic laboratory at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. She said technicians there processed images returned from space missions and other NASA operations.
Hare also claimed that photographs containing unexplained objects were routinely retouched before publication. According to her account, visible anomalies were removed so the final images released to the public appeared normal. She never presented documents or physical evidence proving that such a policy existed inside NASA.
Her allegations resurfaced after online discussions surrounding NASA’s release of images related to the recently discovered interstellar object 3I/ATLAS. Some social media users criticized the quality of the published photographs and suggested the space agency was deliberately withholding clearer images. Those discussions quickly led many users to revisit Hare’s decades-old interviews.
NASA has repeatedly stated that it makes scientific data and mission imagery available to researchers and the public. In recent years, the agency has also become more open about studying unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), the official term now widely used instead of UFO. However, NASA has consistently said it has found no verified evidence that unidentified sightings are linked to extraterrestrial spacecraft.
Interest in UFOs and UAP has increased significantly following congressional hearings, military videos, and government investigations in the United States. As a result, older stories involving former NASA employees continue to attract millions of views whenever they resurface online.
Despite the renewed attention, Donna Hare’s account remains an unverified personal testimony. No official investigation has confirmed her allegations, and no publicly available evidence has demonstrated that NASA systematically edited photographs to conceal unidentified flying objects. Even so, her story continues to fuel debate among UFO researchers and those interested in government transparency.
Sources Daily Mail. Donna Hare interviews and archived public recordings.
It was previously reported that NASA specialists were planning an unusual space rescue mission. They plan to use a 1974 Stargazer aircraft to rescue the Swift telescope, which had begun to lose orbit in space.
